We ♥ Mondays!

Although my work is very busy...I look forward to starting my day with my coffee and my Breezy!  This morning I was able to chat with her a bit longer than usual.  We caught up on each other's weekend which led us in a discussion on how
we both heart Mondays!

  You may be wondering WHY??

1. We are very structured people and love the normal routine of life.

2. The people around us go to work and or school...giving us some peace (no offense to anyone).

3. Monday is back to business.

4. Coffee just tastes better on Mondays.

5. Monday we feel refreshed from a good weekend.

6. It's cleaning day...(I never said we weren't different).

7. Did I say people are back to work & school already??

8. You can catch up with friends that you havn't talked to all weekend.

9. You tend to have a fresh perspective on things.

10. We can start planning for the next weekend!

Happy Monday!

Happy Father's Day

What a great man God chose to be the head of this family!  We honor him today...always working to provide, always willing to lend a hand, the perfect workout partner, goes the extra mile to make the comforts of home, always has an encouraging word, shows us the meaning of true discipline, and never hesitates to have the best bonfires on the block!

Sit back dad, relax, enjoy your day... WE LOVE YOU!

Saying Good-Bye To Christmas 09'!

Ok, I LOVE Christmas and admittedly I am sad to see the season come to an end.  Don't get me wrong, I love the New Year and going into a new season, but my family knows Christmas is mom's favorite!  I also must confess that all through the year I am thinking about how to decorate, shop and plan a party for Christmas!  Don't judge me...blame it on a great childhood of wonderful holiday memories :-).  Hopefully when my kids are adults they will have the same love and not be scarred by my obsession.  Atleast I'm not making us all wear snowman sweaters...not yet anyway :-)!  LOL!

P.S.  We had a FABULOUS Christmas 09'.  The green tree with silver trimmings was our family tree upstairs and the white tree was our Child Care family tree downstairs.

Our Annual Dinner with Grandma & Grandpa Decker

For the past six years we have gotten together with our former neighbors for dinner at Applebee's in December.  It began as being a Christmas/ Birthday dinner for Jayson whom won the hearts of the Deckers' while playing outside and helping Grandma Mary Lou pull weeds in her garden.  He was seven years old and had such a strong love and attachment to Grandma Mary Lou.  Now we celebrate our friendship, both Jayson and Dad's birthday's and have even added a girls (mine and Bre's) birthday celebration at Dairy Queen every July, since moving apart from eachother.  Twice a year we look forward to seeing them and enjoy catching up, sharing stories and seeing how the kids have grown.  They are a blessing to us and we consider them our family.  They encourage Jason and I and truly love our kids.

  It doesn't get any better than that.